[Letter] 1917, SanFransico, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Mamie Mahler. 1917.

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[Letter] 1917, SanFransico, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Mamie Mahler. 1917.

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Has read his poem "Slaves of the Drug". Tells him that on the "Markham Day" Mrs. Judge Benet read one of his poems. Talks alot about the old days.

5 p. on 2 leaves ; 18-25 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...

Mahler, Mamie.

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